Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in the systematic review

From: SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infection in the older adults: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Study ID

Country

Study type

Vaccine type and dose

study period

age range

sample size

outcome

Barak Mizrahi 2021.11 [12]

Israel

retrospective cohort study

the BNT162b2-2dose

2021.6.1–2021.7.27

 > 60

55,512

1a

LaithJ.Abu-Raddad 2021.11 [13]

Qatar

retrospective cohort study

the BNT162b2-2dose

mRNA-1273-2dose

2020.12.21–2021.9.19

 > 60

67,808

1

Aharona Glatman-Freedman 2021.10 [14]

Israel

retrospective cohort study

the BNT162b3-1 or 2dose

2020.12.21–2021.2.6

 > 60

NA

12b3c4d5e

Matthew W Reynolds 2022.9 [15]

USA

Cross-Sectional study

BioNTech-2dose

Moderna-2dose

Ad26.COV2.S-1dose

2020.12.15–2021.9.16

 > 60

2436

1

Jose-Miguel Yamal 2022.5 [16]

USA

Cross-Sectional study

BioNTech-2dose

Moderna-2dose

Ad26.COV2.S-1dose

2020.12.14–2021.9.30

 > 60

NAf

1

Yinon M. Bar-ON 2022.4 [17]

Israel

retrospective cohort study

the BNT162b2-3 or 4dose

2022.1.10–2022.3.2

 > 60

1,252,331

14

Sara Y Tartof 2021.10 [6]

USA

retrospective cohort study

the BNT162b2-1dose

2020.12.14–2021.8.8

 > 65

8923

13

Utkarsh Agrawal 2021.12 [18]

Scotland

prospective cohort study

ChAdOx1-1dose

the BNT162b3-1dose

2020.12.8–2021.4.18

 > 65

912,348

3 or 5

Eli S. Rosenberg 2021.12 [19]

USA

retrospective cohort study

the BNT162b3-NA

Mrna-1273-NA

Ad26.COV2.S-NA

2021.5.1–2021.9.3

 > 65

2,088,491

13

Ori Magen 2022.4 [20]

Israel

retrospective cohort study

the BNT162b3-3 or four dose

2022.1.3–2022.2.18

 > 60

364,244

12,345

Veerle Stouten 2022.4 [21]

Belgium

Cross-Sectional study

BNT162b2 -2 dose

mRNA-1273–2 dose

ChAdOx1-2 dose

Ad26.COV2.S-1dose

2021.2.1–2021.6.18

 > 65

2,105,175

12

Amelia Green 2022.7 [22]

England

Cross-Sectional study

BNT162b2 -2dose

ChAdOx1 nCoV-19-2dose

mRNA-1273-2dose

2020.12–2021.11

 > 60

5,583,760

1345

J. Daniel Kelly2022.9 [23]

USA

retrospective cohort study

BNT162b2 -3 dose

mRNA-1273–3 dose

Ad26.COV2.S-2 dose

2021.7.1–2022.5.30

 > 65

1,100,248

2 3or5

Nina Breinholt Stærke 2022.8 [24]

Denmark

Cross-Sectional study

BNT162b2 -2 dose

mRNA-1273-2dose

ChAdOx1-1 dose

2021.7.1—2022.2.1

 > 65

2918

1

Eric J Haas 2021.5 [25]

Israel

retrospective cohort study

the BNT162b3-2dose

2021.1.24–2021.4.3

 > 65

1,015,620

12,345

Karin Hardt 2022.9 [26]

Belgium,

Brazil

Colombia

France

Germany

the Philippines

South Africa

Spain

the UK

the USA

Randomized controlled Trail

Ad26.COV2.S -2 dose

2020.11.16–2021.6.25

 > 60

1894

4

Jerald Sadoff 2022.2 [27]

Argentina

Brazil,

Chile

Colombia,

Mexico

Peru

South Africa

The United States

Randomized controlled Trail

Ad26.COV2.S-1dose

2020.9.21—2021.7.9

 > 60

6735

4

Raches Ella 2021.12 [28]

Indian

Randomized controlled Trail

BBV152-2 dose

2020.11.16–2021.5.17

 > 60

893

2

Hana M El Sahly 2021.11 [29]

USA

Randomized controlled Trail

mRNA-1273-2dose

2020.10.23–2021.3.26

 > 65

3626

2

scott A Halperin 2022.1 [30]

Argentina,

Chile,

Mexico

Pakistan

Russia

Randomized controlled Trail

The Ad5-nCoV vaccine-1 dose

2020.9.22.–2021.1.15

 > 60

1323

24

Ann R. Falsey 2021.12 [31]

the United States

Chile,

Peru

Randomized controlled Trail

ChAdOx1 nCoV-19–2 dose

2020.8.28–2021.3.5

 > 65

4827

2

Giulia Vivaldi 2022.11 [32]

UK

prospective cohort study

ChAdOx1 nCoV-19-2dose

BNT162b2 -3 or 4dose

mRNA-1273–4 dose

2020.5.1–2022.2.21

 > 60

15,777

1

Alejandro Jara 2021.7 [33]

Chile

prospective cohort study

CoronaVac-2 dose

2021.2.2–2021.5.1

 > 60

2,230,270

1345

Sharon Hui Xuan Tan 2022.2 [34]

Singapore

retrospective cohort study

the BNT162b2-2dose

the mRNA1273-2dose

2021.9.15–2021.10.31

 > 60

127,077

14

Jennifer M. Polinski 2022.3 [35]

US

cohort study

Ad26.COV2.S-1dose

2020.3.1–2021.8.31

 > 65

125,402

13

Tyler N. A. Winkelman 2022.3 [36]

USA

cohort study

the BNT162b2-2dose

Mrna1273-2dose

Ad26.COV2.S-1dose

2020.10.25–2021.10.30

 > 65

780,723

3

Massimo Fabiani 2022.2 [37]

Italy

retrospective cohort study

the BNT162b2-2dose

Mrna1273-2dose

2020.12.27–2021.11.7

 > 65

10,485,794

1 3or5

Julia Hippisley-Cox 2021.9 [38]

UK

prospective cohort study

the BNT162b2-1 or 2dose

ChAdOx1nCoV-19–1 or 2dose

2020.12.8–2021.6.15

 > 65

2,454,586

35

Peter Nordstrom 2022.3 [39]

Sweden

cohort study

the BNT162b2-2dose

Mrna1273-2dose

ChAdOx1nCoV-19-2dose

2021.1.12—2021.10.4

 > 65

NA

1

Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi 2022.1 [40]

Scotland

Retrospective cohort study

ChAdOx1nCoV-19-2dose

2021.1.18–2021.10.25

 > 65

5,463,138

2 3or5

  1. aSARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection, regardless of the degree of severity
  2. bSymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection
  3. cSARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection admitted to hospital
  4. dSevere–critical SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection
  5. eSARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection death
  6. fNot available